In the Test Kitchen

Truffle Salt (aka a tiny jar of luxury)

A barbecue at my house means corn on the cob. In my home town of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the corn is as sweet and juicy as can be.
Imagine the most delicious corn you've ever had, and double it! Now,
spread a little unsalted butter on it until it melts and... sprinkle! Sprinkle some salt? Sure, salt. But not just any salt.

As you may already know, truffles are precious little fungi that are worth thousands of dollars per pound. Not only are they rare (they only grow in certain areas in Europe, underground near certain types of trees, and are dug up by certain types of pigs or dogs!), but they're also beoynd irresistibly delicious. If you'd like to get to know the flavor of truffles without shelling out all that dough, you can start with truffle infused products, like salts and oils.

Sprinkling some truffle infused sea salt on my Lancaster County sweet corn elevated it to luxury status without the thousand dollar price tag! It added that savory, mushroom-y earthiness that can only come from a truffle. Once one of us in my family tasted it, all the others wanted to join in, and they claim that it changed their corn-on-the-cob eating habits forever! To quote my sister-in-law during her corn and truffle salt induced haze: "I'm never going back." We really liked Wild Forests's White Truffle Sea Salt. A miniature-sized 10 ounce jar is $9.99 and it's so pungent that a little goes a long way. It would also work really well on our Corn on the Cob with Chive Butter.

It's so easy to drizzle truffle oil on anything that you would drizzle with plain olive oil--pasta, pizza, and vegetables stand out to me. It's best to use when finishing a dish so that the aroma of truffle on the warm food tantalizes the senses. A great oil to try is Da Rosario's White Truffle Flavored Olive Oil or for all things truffle, Urbani has a huge selection.

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